A PREACHER'S PARADISE LOST

A PREACHER'S PARADISE LOST

Author: JOHN JAMES SEKOH

Publisher: JOHN JAMES SEKOH ABEKAH

Published: 2024-08-28

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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In the heart of Ghana, Reverend Kojo Mensah is revered as a man of God—a charismatic leader who draws thousands to his church with his fiery sermons and promises of divine blessings. But behind the pulpit, Mensah harbors dark secrets that contradict everything he preaches. His life is a carefully crafted illusion, hiding a web of deceit, corruption, and heinous crimes that reach the highest levels of power. When Detective Kwesi Agyeman, a relentless investigator known for his unyielding pursuit of justice, is assigned to a high-profile case, he uncovers a trail that leads straight to Mensah's door. As the investigation intensifies, the cracks in Mensah's facade begin to show, and the walls of his self-made paradise start closing in. With evidence mounting and judgment day looming, Mensah is faced with a choice that will seal his fate forever. "A Preacher's Paradise Lost" is a gripping crime thriller that delves into the dark side of power, faith, and human nature. As Mensah's world unravels, the story exposes the devastating consequences of living a double life and the ultimate price of deception. This riveting tale will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page, as the truth behind Rev. Mensah's heavenly mirage is finally revealed.


A Christian Guide to the Classics

A Christian Guide to the Classics

Author: Leland Ryken

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2015-08-17

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1433547066

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Most people are familiar with the classics of Western literature, but few have actually read them. Written to equip readers for a lifetime of learning, this beginner's guide to reading the classics by renowned literary scholar Leland Ryken answers basic questions readers often have, including "Why read the classics?" and "How do I read a classic?" Offering a list of some of the best works from the last 2,000 years and time-tested tips for effectively engaging with them, this companion to Ryken's Christian Guides to the Classics series will give readers the tools they need to read, interact with, and enjoy some of history's greatest literature.


Let It Go

Let It Go

Author: T.D. Jakes

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-01-29

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1416547339

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Shares uplifting advice about the virtues of forgiveness, offering strategic and biblically based advice on how to achieve peace and personal fulfillment by letting go of past wrongs.


A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible

A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible

Author: Leland Ryken

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2014-10-31

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1433541173

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To truly understand God's Word, we must know both what it says (content) and how it says it (form). This accessible guide features over 250 alphabetically arranged entries explaining common literary forms found in the Bible. Each entry contains a succinct definition, helpful illustrations, and a representative list of passages where that particular literary form is present. More than merely a dictionary, this indispensable resource will help Bible readers better understand the underlying structure of Scripture—giving a clearer shape and deeper meaning to each and every page of God's Word.


Preaching the Gospel of Black Revolt

Preaching the Gospel of Black Revolt

Author: Reginald A. Wilburn

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2014-05-12

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 0820705977

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In this comparative and hybrid study, Reginald A. Wilburn offers the first scholarly work to theorize African American authors’ rebellious appropriations of Milton and his canon. Wilburn engages African Americans’ transatlantic negotiations with perhaps the preeminent freedom writer in the English tradition. Preaching the Gospel of Black Revolt contends that early African American authors appropriated and remastered Milton by completing and complicating England’s epic poet of liberty with the intertextual originality of repetitive difference. Wilburn focuses on a diverse array of early African American authors, such as Phillis Wheatley, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Frederick Douglass, and Anna Julia Cooper. He examines the presence of Milton in their works as a reflection of early African Americans’ rhetorical affiliations with the poet’s satanic epic for messianic purposes of freedom and racial uplift. Wilburn explains that early African American authors were attracted to Milton because of his preeminent status in literary tradition, strong Christian convictions, and poetic mastery of the English language. This tripartite ministry makes Milton an especially indispensible intertext for authors whose writings and oratory were sometimes presumed beneath the dignity of criticism. Through close readings of canonical and obscure texts, Wilburn explores how various authors rebelled against such assessments of black intellect by altering Milton’s meanings, themes, and figures beyond orthodox interpretations and imbuing them with hermeneutic shades of interpretive and cultural difference. However they remastered Milton, these artists respected his oeuvre as a sacred yet secular talking book of revolt, freedom, and cultural liberation. Preaching the Gospel of Black Revolt particularly draws upon recent satanic criticism in Milton studies, placing it in dialogue with methodologies germane to African American literary studies. By exposing the subversive workings of an intertextual Middle Passage in black literacy, Wilburn invites scholars from diverse areas of specialization to traverse within and beyond the cultural veils of racial interpretation and along the color line in literary studies.